Zagreb culture and arts

Every trip to Zagreb, whose university tradition is a three and a half centuries long, means encountering rich culture but also its modern varieties, such as open-air festivals of contemporary sounds and lively entertainment as well as various music genres and urban visual art.

The best Croatian and international artist perform on numerous stages in the city, exhibitions of priceless artistic value are set up or famous musicians and opera singers start their international tours from here. Innovative museums located in Zagreb have become a model and the first link in the chain spreading outside of Croatian, even European borders.

Listen to the music of the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra whose tradition goes back one hundred fifty years. Watch a play in the Croatian National Theatre, just as spectators have done since 1895 to this day. Or enjoy the excellent performances of LADO, the National Folk Dance Ensemble of Croatia, which was founded in 1949 and continues to perform today.

There are also classic and modern theatres in which gestures and word intertwine to create a link between art and life, reality and fiction. Zagreb is a city in which art and culture are preserved in beautiful treasure chests of museums, galleries and theatre stages, but they have also left their buildings and greet you in the streets and stores, in completely unexpected or carefully planned open-air encounters.

Zagreb’s culture and art are also treasure chests of beautiful churches or edifices which were designed and shaped by excellent artists with their own hands. Accompanied by renowned poets, writers, composers, sculptors and scientists, who were honoured by the city with monuments, you will have a cup of coffee, unaware of them, waiting for a next interesting meeting. You were waiting for contemporaries and the everyday life of Zagreb gave you a gift of encountering persons preserved in a timeless world of art; art of words, sounds, gestures and paintings. Or all of them at once.

Streets and beautiful open-air venues of the city which has a special atmosphere, as everybody agrees, have always been and still are the best scenery for many interesting works of the international film industry.
Zagreb’s treasure chest is open, and special, personal encounters with a rich, dynamic and varied cultural scene are guaranteed.

Ambiental installation: solar system closer than ever

A coffee break in the city's very center is a quite unexpected starting point for a most interesting and pleasant solar system lesson. When you're in Zagreb, the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Pluto... are closer than you could ever imagine.

Zagreb culture and arts

Every trip to Zagreb, whose university tradition is a three and a half centuries long, means encountering rich culture but also its modern varieties, such as open-air festivals of contemporary sounds and lively entertainment as well as various music genres and urban visual art.

Slavoljub Penkala: from Zagreb to the World

In 1906 Slavoljub Penkala patented a mechanical pencil called Penkala, and in the same year he opened his first shop in what is today Praška Street. This was where the mechanical pencil and the fountain pen started their world trip…

Marija Jurić Zagorka: Chronicler of Zagreb Who Challenged Stereotypes

Many were impressed with her talent which allowed her to write using her analytical and sharp mind, but according to social norms of the late nineteenth century it was simply unacceptable for a journalist to be a woman.

Lifestyle: The Joy of Life

Many tourists speak enthusiastically about the atmosphere and lifestyle in Zagreb, this wonderful combination of business and leisure, the fact that is both vibrant and safe, which is very important.

University: A City of Knowledge, Ideas and New Projects

Did you know that the University of Zagreb was listed among the top 500 universities in the world on this year’s Academic Ranking of World Universities also known as the Shanghai Ranking?

Music: Are There Any Tickets Left?

Famous music festivals of various genres, attractive concerts; all of this is a part of the Zagreb scene which is pushing boundaries, making Zagreb an attractive open-air stage.